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Petticoat Engineer
December 23, 2002 -- Margaret Ingels joined Carrier as an engineer in 1917, right around the time that the decision to allow U.S. women the right to vote was being debated by lawmakers...more

Innovation Deserving of a Standing Ovation
December 16, 2002 -- Many of Washington, D.C.¿s famous buildings are air conditioned by Carrier...more

Ronald McDonald, The Colonel and Carrier
December 9, 2002 -- What do these three icons have in common?...more

The Eventual Vault
December 2, 2002 -- The creation of the Carrier archives took a circuitous route...more

Dome Sweet Dome
November 25, 2002 -- Since 1980, the Syracuse University Orangemen have been suiting up in the Carrier Dome...more

All Aboard!
Nov. 18, 2002 -- By 1931, Carrier had developed a more efficient means of cooling a railroad car, and the orders poured in...more

Keeping the Jet Set Cool
Nov. 11, 2002 -- Carrier has a long history of participating in cooling projects with the airline industry...more

Finding A Home In Syracuse
Nov. 4, 2002 -- Sixty-five years ago, Carrier moved into the old Franklin Motor Car plant in Syracuse...more

Conventional Solution for the Unconventional
Oct. 28, 2002 -- New York City is viewed as a bustling metropolis rich with culture and history...more

A Work of Art
Oct. 21, 2002 -- The first Carrier centrifugal refrigerating machine was displayed at the National Museum of History and Technology in Washington, D.C...more

Faster Than The Sun
Oct. 14, 2002 -- While the original Concorde was being built, a heated problem arose. Carrier came to the rescue...more

The Legacy Lives On
Oct. 7, 2002 -- When Willis Carrier passed away 52 years ago today, he left more than just an air conditioning company. He left behind a legacy of invention and innovation...more

The Future Is Now
Sep. 30, 2002 -- In 1982, the Walt Disney World theme park in Orlando expanded to include Epcot Center, a section dedicated to technology and the future...more

Blast Off!
Sept. 23, 2002 -- More than 9,000 tons of Carrier refrigeration were installed during the construction of the Johnson Space Center...more

What's Up, Down Under
Sept. 16, 2002 -- One of the Southern Hemisphere¿s most impressive attractions to both residents and visitors is its tallest building, Sydney Tower...more

The Makeshift Laboratory
Sept. 9, 2002 -- Carrier began marketing its first residential Weathermaker unit in 1928. 75 years later, home air conditioning is pervasive...more

Willis Carrier, World Traveler
Sept. 3, 2002 -- Wiilis Carrier's world travels led to several important advances in air conditioning...more

Making A Go Of It, And Then Some
Aug. 19, 2002 -- When the guns of August, 1914 opened fire across Europe, a door closed but a window opened for Willis Carrier and his colleagues...more

Preserving The Past
Aug. 12, 2002 -- To come up with a way to effectively preserve the "Ampato Maiden," Carrier needed to gaze through its "window" to the past...more

Live From Radio City
Aug. 5, 2002 -- When Radio City Music Hall was built, Carrier centrifugal refrigeration provided the cooling while Carrier engineering assured complete absence of noise and draft...more

From Ancient Egypt to Today ¿ And Back
July 29, 2002 -- Egyptian royalty were fanned with palm fronds, often while draped in water-soaked linen...more

The Age of Comfort
July 22, 2002 -- Fifty years ago this month, the "age of comfort" was declared as Carrier air conditioned the 1952 Republican National convention...more

New York City Schools And Carrier Corporation Announce Creation Of The Willis H. Carrier Academy At W.E. Grady High School
July 17, 2002 -- New York City Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy and Carrier Corporation President Geraud Darnis today announced the creation of the Willis H. Carrier Academy at Brooklyn¿s William E. Grady Technical High School... more

'Twas The Night Before Air Conditioning: A Tribute to "The Chief"
July 16, 2002 -- Young Willis Carrier, a 25 year-old apprentice engineer employed by the Buffalo Forge Company, tossed and turned away the night of Wednesday, July 16, 1902... more

A Mansion AND An Air Conditioner
July 8, 2002 -- Although air conditioning was still in its infancy in the early 1900s, Minneapolis millionaire Charles G. Gates decided that if other buildings could be air conditioned, his home could be, too... more

Out of This World
July 1, 2002 -- When the Houston Astrodome was completed in 1965, it was touted as the "Eighth Wonder of the World"...more

Cool Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
June 24, 2002 -- The 1939 New York World¿s Fair provided a glimpse of the future with its theme of "Building The World of Tomorrow"...more

"Next Stop: Cool City!"
June 17, 2002 -- For most daily commuters around the world, buses are little more than a form of mass transit...more

There¿s No Place Like Home
June 10, 2002 -- There's a reason for the saying "home sweet home"... more

Preserving Michelangelo's Frescoes
June 3, 2002 -- Millions of awed observers are attracted to the Sistine Chapel¿s frescoes each year... more

The Show Must Go On
May 30, 2002 -- During the hot days of summer, many people cool down by heading inside to an air-conditioned movie theater... more

The Birth Of Cool
May 22, 2002 -- The centrifugal chiller is 80 years old today...more

A War Hero
May 20, 2002 -- Carrier Corporation was one of the most decorated "heroes" of World War II...more

The Executive Privilege of Air Conditioning
May 13, 2002 -- Sultry weather made summers in Washington, D.C. absolutely miserable...more

Cooling the Airwaves
May 6, 2002 -- Carrier isn't the only one celebrating a big anniversary this year. 2002 also marks NBC's 75th anniversary... more

Attention Shoppers!
April 29, 2002 -- In countries all over the world, people often take a break from the warm summer weather by heading indoors to shop at a mall... more

Avoiding A Sticky Situation
April 22, 2002 -- A stick of Wrigley's chewing gum is the same the world over thanks to Carrier innovation... more

Air Conditioning Fit For A King... Or Queen
April 15, 2002 -- In 1968, the world's most precious collection of royal regalia was moved to a new fully air-conditioned stronghold in the famous Tower of London... more

From One Father To Another
April 8, 2002 -- Few know of George Washington's preoccupation with the weather... more

An Idea Emerges From The Fog
April 1, 2002 -- Many inventors experienced their stroke of genius with the help of the weather... more

Lights, Camera, Air Conditioning
March 25, 2002 -- If it weren't for Carrier, the motion picture industry would be very different from what it is today... more

How Sweet It Is!
March 18, 2002 -- The fledgling Carrier Engineering Corporation stumbled upon - and solved - a chronic problem in the candy industry... more

Carrier Under The Big Top
March 11, 2002 -- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus traces its roots back to the...more

Houston It's Snowing In July
March 4, 2002 -- Houston, Texas is the ideal environment for air conditioning. It's also the last place you'd expect to see snow showers in July...more

Carrier Earns Its Wings
Feb. 25, 2002 -- To keep aircraft aloft at high altitude, you must first learn how ice forms...more

Ice, Ice Everywhere
Feb. 21, 2002 -- Part of our continuing series on celebrating the 100th anniversary of scientific air conditioning...more

Timing is Everything
Feb. 18, 2002 -- Everything that can be invented has been invented...more

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